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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS. The lying in state ceremony of the late minister of emergency situations Armen Yeritsyan was held in the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, ministers, lawmakers, political figures, Armen Yerityan’s relatives and friends and the staff of the ministry attended the ceremony.
Justice Minister Arpine Hovhannisyan told reporters she knew the late minister since her university years.
“When I was delivering my thesis, Armen Yeritsyan was a member of the committee. Afterwards we had encounters during my working years, and I can say he was a man of principle, a good person of the memorable kind”, Hovhannisyan said.
Astvatsatur Petrosyan, deputy minister of emergency situations, said Armen Yeritsyan will forever be remembered with his immortal work, the spirit of strength which he had: will, diligence, devotion to the Fatherland and unlimited love towards people.
Minister Yeritsyan will be buried in the Yerevan city pantheon (Tokhmakh cemetery).